An actor's generous deed of giving a thieving youth a second chance has not gone down well with the police.Vidyut Jammwal, best known as the lead in the film 'Commando', chased down a youth who snatched his mobile phone, and let him off when the youngster, who was being relentlessly hit by the crowd that had gathered, pleaded for mercy. But the cops, unhappy at not getting their hands on the offender, have summoned the actor to explain why he did not turn over the thief to them.
The sequence of events was straight out of a movie. On Friday, at around 6 pm, Jammwal was in his car in very slow moving traffic at the Infinity signal in Andheri. While his driver was on the lookout for a store on the road, Jammwal rolled down the window of his black Mercedes S class to make a call. But no sooner had he started to dial than a youth appeared, snatched his mobile phone and disappeared into the crowd.

Jammwal's clockwork reflexes kicked in; he swiftly took off his seat belt, swung open his car door, leaped out of his vehicle and sprinted some 100 metres before he ran down the 18-year-old offender. The actor told TOI, "For a few seconds, I did not know what had happened. He just disappeared into the crowd. But after a point I saw him heading for a bike where his partner in crime was waiting. I must have run 100 meters before I pulled the boy off the bike and dragged him to the ground. The other guy fled."

It did not take any time for the crowd around to identify
Jammwal
as the star of Commando, and volunteer to help. While
Jammwal
had slapped the youth six or seven times before taking his phone back, the crowd took over from him, hitting the youngster till he started to bleed. "Everyone started bashing him up," said
Jammwal
,"I told them to leave him alone as I wanted to take him to the cops. The youth kept pleading 'Sir,I am extremely sorry, I will never do it again'.I wanted to teach him a lesson, but eventually I had to let him go because the crowd would not stop hitting him."
Jammwal
said he was also surprised that the youth was dressed decently and spoke English.

According to the police, Jammval, as an alert citizen, should have handed over the youth to them instead of letting him escape, as his capture may have helped them crack other,similar,cases.

They have now calledthe actor over to the police station to explain his stand. Senior inspector Nasir Pathan of Oshiwara police station said, "We want to know what actually happened that day. Necessary action will be taken accordingly."

When told what the cops thought of his action, Jammwal said, "There was a spark of sincerity in the youth's eyes that instinctively made me believe him when he said he'd mend his ways.That is why I saved him from the violent crowds and police punishment. Everyone deserves to be given another chance to prove their word. If he is reading this, I want him to know that by reforming himself, he is setting an example of faith and honesty for our youth."

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